After Tsai Ing-wen entered her second term in power on the island, the DPP authorities frequently hyped the so-called “mainland military threat”, raised tensions in the Taiwan Strait, and repeatedly showed their muscles and courage in an attempt to “deter” the PLA’s “armed reunification” .
According to Taiwan media reports, Taiwan’s defense department recently confirmed that it is continuing to configure and mass-produce offensive missiles with a range covering the mainland’s inland through research and development and procurement, including the Xiongsheng missile with a range of up to 1,200 kilometers.
And the “AGM-158” missile that can hit the west of the Central Theater of the People’s Liberation Army, but the United States may be concerned about the mainland’s reaction, and “has not made a clear statement” on the sale of such weapons to Taiwan.
In addition, according to Taiwanese media, when the Taiwanese army conducted live-fire exercises in the waters southeast of Taiwan Island, PLA military planes directly entered the “exercise area” to detect electronic parameters. Taiwan military personnel bluntly said that “this situation is quite rare.”
Taiwan military confirmed that it will mass-produce cruise missiles with a range up to the mainland
According to comprehensive Taiwan media reports, a few days ago, the latest report submitted by Taiwan’s defense department to Taiwan’s legislature confirmed for the first time that the missile code-named “Xiongsheng” is a surface-to-surface cruise missile.
It is a long-distance precision strike weapon with a range of up to 1,200 kilometers and a strike range of up to the inland of the mainland.
Taiwan’s defense department claims that after the missile mass production plant is completed and opened in June this year, the “Xiongsheng Missile” is expected to produce more than 100 missiles per year.
The Taiwan military wants to purchase the ultra-long-range “AGM-158” missile from the United States
Not only that, Taiwan’s defense department also confirmed that the Taiwan military is working with the U.S. government to purchase the “AGM-158” joint air-to-surface missile. Public opinion on the island speculates that the U.S. side is hesitant to make a decision this time, or it may be concerned about the reaction of mainland China.
Taiwan military expert Su Ziyun claimed that the “AGM-158” joint air-to-surface missile has an ultra-long range and can attack the west of the central theater of the PLA. “Significantly.
Mass production of missiles to create “Hedgehog Taiwan”? Taiwan’s military leader responds in a low-key manner
As for whether the Taiwan military has greatly increased the number of missiles through mass production and procurement this time, whether it is in response to the US “military porcupine” theory and achieve the so-called “hedgehog Taiwan” strategy, the head of Taiwan’s defense department, Qiu Guozheng, responded in a low-key manner, “Taiwan has always been Be on the defensive.”
Public opinion on the island: maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait cannot rely solely on building missiles
However, some media on the island quoted an unnamed Taiwanese military veteran as saying that the Taiwanese military lacks resources, while the mainland has a vast territory. The development of medium and long-range attack weapons will not only cost a lot of money, but also only have a political role, with no military implications. Big.
Taiwan’s “China Times” also published a commentary saying that the current Russian-Ukrainian war has attracted great attention in Taiwan, and the DPP authorities chose to use missiles to calm people’s hearts at this time, which is also an “unprecedented move”.
Maintaining peace across the Taiwan Strait is a matter of political negotiation, not a show of military muscle, and it can be done only by “intimidation” by building hundreds of missiles every year.
PLA military planes rarely enter Taiwan’s “exercise area” to detect data
In addition, according to Taiwan media, when the Taiwan Navy conducted a live-fire exercise in the southeastern waters of Taiwan Island on the 16th, a “Yun-8” anti-submarine aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army crossed the so-called “strait center line” and entered the Taiwan military “exercise area” to detect electronic parameters.
According to a Taiwanese military source, in the past, during the Taiwanese military’s missile shooting exercises and “navy and air force joint exercises”,
Mainland intelligence ships have also stayed at the periphery of the “control area” many times to conduct intelligence reconnaissance and search, but the action of directly entering the Taiwan military exercise area is “very rare”.
Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council: Resolute measures will be taken if “Taiwan independence” breaks through the red line
In response to the DPP authorities’ continued hyping up of the so-called “mainland military threat” and their vain attempt to seek “independence” and reject reunification by force,
Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said in response to an inquiry on the 16th that the current cross-strait tensions are severe, and the risk of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is rising.
The root cause is that the DPP authorities colluded with external forces to continue to provoke “independence”, and some countries manipulated Taiwan-related issues for the purpose of “using Taiwan to control China”, obstructing China’s reunification and national rejuvenation.
Zhu Fenglian pointed out that we have patience and are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with the greatest sincerity and best efforts.
At the same time, our determination to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity is firm, and we will never allow anyone or any force to infringe and divide the sacred territory of the motherland.
If the “Taiwan independence” separatist forces provoke and coerce, or even break the red line, we will have to take decisive measures.